1 Corinthians 10:6

ταῦτα τύποι ἡμῶν ἐγενήθησαν may mean (a) “These things have been made our examples,” typi nobis (Cv [1424]) sc. exx. for our use; (b) “In these things (acc [1425] of specification) they proved types of us” figurœ nostri (Vg [1426], Bz [1427], Mr [1428], Bt [1429], R.V. marg.); or (c) “As types of us they became such” (so Hf [1430] : cf. ταῦτα … ἦτε, 1 Corinthians 6:11) a construction clashing with that of the parl [1431] 1 Corinthians 10:11. (a) best suits the application of ταῦτα in the sequel (cf. 1 Peter 5:3); to make the fallen Israelites prophetic “types” of the Cor [1432] would be to presume the ruin of the latter! ἐγενήθησαν is pl [1433] despite the neut. pl [1434] subject ταῦτα, through the attraction of the predicate: so πάντα ταῦτα κακουργίαι ἦσαν in Xenophon; the incidents included are distinctly viewed. For the deterrent “example,” cf. Hebrews 4:11. With ἐπιθυμ. κακῶν cf. ἐφευρετὰς κακῶν, Romans 1:30 : the double ἐπιθυμητὰς … ἐπεθύμησαν recalls Numbers 11:4 (LXX); in alluding to the old “lusting” for the diet of Egypt, the Ap. hints at the attraction of the Cor [1435] idol-feasts; but his dehortation applies to all κακά (cf. 2 Corinthians 13:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:15, etc.). The general admonition is specialised in four particulars, with repeated μηδὲ idolatry, fornication, tempting of the Lord, murmuring based on the analogy furnished by 1 Corinthians 10:1-5.

[1424] Calvin's In Nov. Testamentum Commentarii.

[1425] accusative case.

[1426] Latin Vulgate Translation.

[1427] Beza's Nov. Testamentum: Interpretatio et Annotationes (Cantab., 1642).

[1428] Meyer's Critical and Exegetical Commentary (Eng. Trans.).

[1429] J. A. Beet's St. Paul's Epp. to the Corinthians (1882).

[1430] J. C. K. von Hofmann's Die heilige Schrift N.T. untersucht, ii. 2 (2te Auflage, 1874).

[1431] parallel.

[1432] Corinth, Corinthian or Corinthians.

[1433] plural.

[1434] plural.

[1435] Corinth, Corinthian or Corinthians.